April 27, 2003	Sunday	Safar 24, 1424

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Body to thwart shifting of cardiology institute MULTAN, April 26: People belonging to various walks of life formed on Saturday an ‘action committee’ to, what they said, thwart bids to shift the proposed institute of cardiology from Multan...		Mepco-TMA row over dues deepens SAHIWAL, April 26: Tehsil council members, the MC staff, the sewermen and the sweepers took out a protest procession against the Wapda Xen for getting registered a ‘fake’ case against the...
Youth convicted of blasphemy FAISALABAD, April 26: The additional district and sessions judge of Faisalabad awarded on Saturday life imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine to a Christian youth for committing blasphemy....		Two gangs smashed in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, April 26: City police on Saturday claimed to have arrested six members of two gangs of dacoits and robbers, including their ring leaders, after encounters and recovered a huge quantity...
Carjacking: UC Nazim nabbed JHANG, April 26: A union council Nazim was arrested by Athhara Hazari police on the information given by the leader of a gang of carjackers....		Woman, brother shot at in court OKARA, April 26: A woman and her brother were shot and injured in the courtroom of an additional sessions judge on Saturday morning....
Dist govt ‘violates’ jirga’s decision DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 26: The district government has violated the decision of the Balochi Jirga, which had settled a dispute over rights of irrigation water of hill torrents between the...		DBA deplores tehsil Nazim’s ‘misbehaviour’ TOBA TEK SINGH, April 26: The District Bar Association’s executive committee on Saturday deplored tehsil Nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq’s ‘misbehaviour’ with a former DBA secretary-general....
Highway projects reviewed BAHAWALPUR, April 26: The National Highways Authority (NHA) has approved Rs14 billion for highway projects in southern Punjab while the work has been started with an initial amount of Rs3 billion....		13 teachers for 1,000 girls SADIQABAD, April 26: The principal of the Government Girls High School, Firoza, urged the education department high-ups to recruit more teachers and build new classrooms....
Two murdered in Kasur KASUR, April 26: Two people were murdered while another sustained serious injuries in two incidents on Saturday....		The ‘largest’ bicycle SIALKOT, April 26: The Sialkot-based bicycle manufacturer claimed to have made the world’s biggest bicycle....
Dist govt’s pledge to farmers SIALKOT, April 26: The local government will soon establish diesel, pesticides and fertiliser depots here in collaboration with the private sector to ensure provision of unadulterated products to the farmers....		PhD awarded FAISALABAD, April 26: The membership of the PhD club of the University of Agriculture is now 329 with the awarding of a new degree....
HRCP to seek Pakistanis’ release from Afghan jails PESHAWAR, April 26: A three-member delegation of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan will visit Kabul next month to discuss the release of over 800 Pakistani prisoners, languishing in many jails...		Man commits suicide after killing wife HARIPUR, April 26: A man committed suicide after murdering his wife at Marchabad village in Khanpur on Friday....
Safeerullah elected PHCBA president PESHAWAR, April 26: Advocate Safeerullah Khan was elected president of the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) on Saturday....		Construction of colony opposed CHITRAL, April 26: Residents of the Koghuzi locality in Chitral have warned they will resist construction of a housing colony in the area if their lands were acquired on the government...
Opposition’s stand to harm democracy: Sherpao hints at appointments in Wapda SWABI, April 26: Water and Power Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Saturday the ongoing tussle between opposition and the government over the Legal Framework Order was neither a good...		Rains CHITRAL, April 26: The district has received widespread rains for the last two days. The Chitral-Booni road was closed and power supply to the district was also suspended.—Correspondent...
Plans to achieve cotton output target discussed HYDERABAD, April 26: District-wise plans are being chalked out to achieve the cotton production target of 2.4 million bales for the year 2003 in Sindh....		Reforms to increase crop yield: envoy HYDERABAD, April 26: On the completion of the irrigation reforms programme, there would be 100 per cent increase in the crop production in the country, said Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan Dr...
Bandit shot dead in ‘encounter’ SANGHAR, April 26: The police on Saturday shot dead Illahoo Khoso, an alleged notorious bandit, while arrested two of his accomplices after an encounter near Karo Phurdo in the jurisdiction of...		Protesters block highway NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 26: Hundreds of people, including Korai tribesmen, activists of political parties and non-governmental organisations, blocked the National Highway to protest against the SHO of the Moro police station....
Power supply to 14 villages cut KHAIRPUR, April 26: The residents of 14 villages of Kot Diji taluka held a demonstration outside the Kot Diji Press Club on Friday to protest against Hesco for disconnecting power supply...		Reinstatement demanded HYDERABAD, April 26: Hundreds of sacked workers of the Faran Sugar Mills, Shaikh Bhirkio, took out a procession and staged a sit-in outside the mill gate here on Saturday....
Moot on women’s rights held HYDERABAD, April 26: The government is supporting and encouraging women to eliminate gender discrimination in the society....		Growers slam shortage of farm machinery SANGHAR, April 26: Local farmers on Saturday complained about shortage of the agricultural machinery from the Sindh Agricultural Engineering Department while criticizing the department for inordinate delays regarding acquisition of the...
Villager killed SUKKUR, April 26: A villager, Jeewan Mazari, was killed and two bandits, Maher Din Mazari and Mohammed Ali Mazari were injured in an exchange of fire between bandits and villagers in...		Action against criminals DADU, April 26: The AIGP, Hyderabad, Ghulam Mohammad Malkani, has said that stern action would be taken against criminals, absconders, and bandits soon. He was talking to journalists at the local...
Investigation begins in ‘suicide’ case SUKKUR, April 26: The Sukkur police on Thursday began investigating into the suicide case in which a woman, along with her daughter, had allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the River...		Water to tail-end growers assured BADIN, April 26: The provincial minister for irrigation and power, Pir Sadruddin Shah Rashidi, has said that the government was determined to provide water to the tail-end growers and directed the...
Traders protest MITHI, April 26: Small businessmen have deplored the apathy of the administration, Tehsil Council Mithi, which has fixed Rs400 as commercial water supply charges per month in Mithi town and has...		CMC principal refuses to lodge FIR LARKANA, April 26: The Chandka Medical College principal has refused to lodge an FIR against Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chief Bashir Qureshi and some college students after being asked to do...
N. Areas to have five solid waste management plants ISLAMABAD, April 26: The federal ministry of environment will soon launch five solid waste management projects in all the five districts of the Northern Areas....		Musharraf asked not to speak in favour of LFO LAHORE, April 26: Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Saturday advised Gen Pervez Musharraf not to issue statements in favour of the Legal Framework Order at a time when the...
PIA to set up contact centre KARACHI, April 26: Pakistan International Airlines is setting up a contact centre in various cities of the country from May 7, to provide reservations, award plus information, complaint management system, flight...		Cable operators assure Pemra of following rules ISLAMABAD, April 26: The cable operators association of Pakistan has assured the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority of abiding Pemra rules and regulations, and refraining from showing pornographic contents....
SARS may delay border opening GILGIT, April 26: The opening of the China-Pakistan border due on May 1, is likely to be delayed because of SARS virus fears, official sources said....		President haunted by Bhuttos’ ghost: PPP ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Pakistan People’s Party has described the statement of President Pervez Musharraf made at a meeting with newspaper editors and columnists as “betrayal of his obsession with the...
Dry weather forecast ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Meteorological Department here on Saturday forecast mainly dry weather throughout the country while rain with thunderstorm at few places of upper Punjab, Hazara Division and Kashmir on...		NA body meets tomorrow ISLAMABAD, April 26: The House Business Advisory Committee of the National Assembly will meet on Monday at 4.30pm in the Chamber of Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain....
MMA rejects president’s claim RAWALPINDI, April 26: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) rejecting President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s claim of economic stability has said that making such statement he should have been realistic rather than idealistic....		Hashish seized from fake army tanker PESHAWAR, April 26: The Customs Intelligence officials seized 908kg of hashish from a fake Pakistan army water tanker on main Rajar-Charsadda Road early Saturday morning....
Bureaucracy’s powers trimmed, claims NRB QUETTA, April 26: National Reconstruction Bureau Chairman Daniyal Aziz has said the district government system will in no way infringe upon provincial autonomy....		Sui field protest enters 22nd day SUI, April 26: Protest at the Sui gasfield by casual labour, youth and children of retired and dead employees of the PPL entered its 22nd day on Saturday....